What is the treatment of winter disease in summer?

What does it mean to treat winter diseases in summer in dog days?

Summer treatment of winter diseases refers to the targeted treatment of some diseases that are prone to occur or aggravate in winter, so as to improve the body's disease resistance, thereby reducing or eliminating diseases that are prone to occur or aggravate in winter. It is the concrete application of the holistic view of "harmony between man and nature" and the disease prevention view of "prevention before illness" in traditional Chinese medicine. Commonly used treatment methods include acupoint application, acupuncture, oral medication, etc. In summer, when the yang is the most abundant in nature, drug or non-drug treatment can warm the yang and tonify the kidney, dispel cold and dredge collaterals, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases prone to occur in winter.

Principle:

Winter is cloudy and summer is sunny. "Winter disease" refers to some deficiency-cold diseases that are easy to occur or aggravate in winter. Because the human body has always been yang-deficient, and the external climate in winter shows the characteristics of yin exuberance and yang decline, healthy qi cannot dispel evil, or the evil of yin and cold is re-felt, which leads to the recurrence or aggravation of some chronic diseases such as chronic cough, asthma, chronic diarrhea, joint cold pain, fear of cold and physical weakness. "Summer treatment" refers to the treatment measures such as warming yang, dispelling cold and expelling evil spirits, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals in the dog days of summer. On the one hand, it can enhance the body's ability to resist diseases and evil spirits, on the other hand, it helps to eliminate diseases and evil spirits caused by yin cold, thus achieving the purpose of treating or preventing the above-mentioned diseases that are prone to occur or aggravate in winter.

The most commonly used therapy for treating winter diseases in summer is acupoint application of traditional Chinese medicine. Modern research has found that applying drugs can dilate local blood vessels, promote blood circulation and improve the nutrition of surrounding tissues. Drugs penetrate the gaps between epidermal cells and are absorbed by the skin itself, which makes them enter the blood circulation of human body and play an obvious pharmacological role. In addition, through nerve reflex to stimulate the body's regulatory role, so that it produces antibodies, improve immune function, enhance physical fitness; It can also regulate the functions of nervous system, endocrine system and immune system through the action of neurohumors.

Method:

There are many ways to treat winter diseases in summer, such as applying medicine, injecting medicine, moxibustion, catgut embedding, scraping and cupping, or taking medicine orally at specific acupoints according to the main symptoms of acupoints, among which the most representative treatment measure is acupoint application of medicine in dog days (that is, moxibustion therapy, which is often made of traditional Chinese medicine with warming and dredging effects), because of its obvious curative effect and simple operation. After repeated practice of Chinese medicine from generation to generation, it is found that acupoint application with Chinese medicine is effective in treating diseases that are prone to attack or aggravate in summer and dog days and winter. The dog days refer to the combination of the first, middle and last three days, which is the hottest time of the year. The third Geng Day after long summer is the first day of the solstice, the fourth Geng Day is the middle day, and the first Geng Day after beginning of autumn is the last day. Choose different acupoints according to specific symptoms and apply them once in dog days. For those with long-term medical history or chronic diseases, the frequency of application may be appropriately increased, and the application time shall be subject to the body's self-feeling, but generally it shall not exceed 24 hours. Choose different acupoints according to different physique and different diseases, and at the same time, it can be combined with traditional Chinese medicine and other treatment measures. The course of treatment of winter disease in summer is best to be applied continuously for 3-5 years.

Indications:

1, respiratory diseases

Chronic cough, asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, repeated colds, etc.

2. Rheumatoid immune diseases

Joint pain and numbness of limbs, scapulohumeral periarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

3, digestive system diseases

Chronic gastritis, chronic enteritis, dyspepsia, etc.

4. Otolaryngology diseases

Allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, chronic pharyngitis, etc.

5. Pediatric diseases

Asthma, cough, bronchitis, physical weakness, easy to catch a cold, spleen and stomach weakness, etc.

6, chronic skin diseases